Secure homes: the future of anti-crime technology

Author

Atlas, Randall

fYear

1988

fDate

5-7 Oct 1988

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

120

Abstract

The premise of defensible space and crime prevention through environmental design is that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the incidence and fear of crime and to an increase in the quality of life. Defensible-space principles suggest the reduction of hard architecture or a fortress mentality in favor of more natural barriers to reduce the opportunity of crime. Three basic defensible-space strategies-natural access control, natural surveillance, and territorial reinforcement-are discussed. How these will be embodied in a 21st century house is described

Keywords

alarm systems; home automation; technological forecasting; 21st century house; anticrime technology; architecture; crime prevention; defensible-space strategies; environmental design; natural access control; natural barriers; natural surveillance; quality of life; secure homes; territorial reinforcement; Access control; Acoustic sensors; Circuits; Computer architecture; Computer security; Control systems; Electromagnetic fields; Power system security; Space technology; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Security Technology, 1988. Crime Countermeasures, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1988 International Carnahan Conference on

Conference_Location

Lexington, KY

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCST.1988.75999

Filename

75999